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Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Chartered Accountants of the Maldives
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Institute of Chartered Accountants of India  and The Chartered Accountants of the Maldives .
Details:
ICAI and CA Maldives aim to establish mutual co-operation for the advancement of Accounting Knowledge, Professional and Intellectual Development, Advancing the interests of their respective members and positively contributing to the development of the Accountancy Profession in the Maldives and India.
Impact:
This MoU besides aiding CA Maldives will provide an additional impetus to prospects of the ICAI Members to get professional opportunities in Maldives in short to long term future. With this MoU, ICAI would be able to help strengthen the partnership with Maldives by providing the export of services in accountancy profession, ICAI members are holding middle to top level positions in various organisations across the countries and can influence the decision/policy making strategies of respective organisations of a country
Benefits:
The MoU will provide an opportunity to ICAI members to expand their professional horizon and provide impetus to ICAI to aid in the strengthening the capacity building of local nationals. The MoU will foster strong working relations between India and Maldives. The agreement would increase mobility of professionals at either end and also would herald a
new dimension for business globally.
Implementation Strategy and Targets:
The MoU aims to strengthen cooperation between ICAI and CA Maldives in the matters of accountancy profession through exchange of views, information in respect of Professional Accountancy Training, Professional Ethics, Technical Research, Professional Development of Accountants. It is also intended to promote mutual cooperation through linkages to each others' website, seminars, conferences, students exchange programmes and other joint activities mutually beneficial to both the institutes. This MoU will also provide updates on the development of the accountancy profession in India and Maldives to promote the profession in the world. Further, CA Maldives intends to become the member of International Federation of Accountants , the global voice of accountancy profession with more than 180 members in 135 countries. ICAI will do technical due diligence for CA Maldives to make CA Maldives the member of IFAC.
Background:
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India  is a statutory body established under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 for the regulation of the profession of Chartered Accountants in India. ICAI has contributed immensely in the field of education, professional development, maintenance of high accounting, auditing and ethical standards in furtherance of the profession of Chartered Accountants, which is recognized globally.
Ministry of Defence
Terrorist attacks on Defence Stations in J&K
The details of terrorist attacks on defence stations / Army Camps in Jammu & Kashmir and casualties of soldiers and civilians during the last two years and the current year are as under:
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Year
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No. of incidents
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Army Casualties
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Terrorists Killed
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Civilian Casualties
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Fatal
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Non Fatal
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Fatal
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Non-Fatal
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1.
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2016
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05
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26
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25
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10
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-
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2.
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2017
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01
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03
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07
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02
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-
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3.
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2018
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03
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06
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08
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03
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01
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06
All terrorist attacks on Army Camps are investigated in detail. Prima facie it was found that these attacks were carried out by terrorist out fits. Government had issued broad guidelines for Security of Defence Installations and in compliance with the said Guidelines, the Defence Forces have taken a number of actions including risk categorisation of military bases; appraisal and upgradation of intelligence gathering capabilities; strengthening and streamlining of the response mechanism; use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ; periodic security audit of all military installations etc. The Army also carries out indepth analysis of the terrorist incidents and security breaches that are identified with various incidents. Perimeter security projects of all three Armed Forced have been sanctioned by the Government.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Kumari Selja in Rajya Sabha today.
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Ministry of Science & Technology
CSIR IGIB and TATA Sons sign an MoU for licensing KNOWHOW related to development of a kit for rapid and accurate diagnosis of COVID-19
It is a completely indigenous scientific invention and FELUDA for COVID-19 has been designed for mitigating the ongoing COVID-19 situation and cater to mass testing
Its main advantages are its affordability, relative ease of use and non-dependency on expensive Q-PCR machines
CSIR’s constituent lab, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology  and TATA Sons signed a MoU for licensing of KNOWHOW for FNCAS9 EDITOR LINKED UNIFORM DETECTION ASSAY  FOR RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF COVID-19.
The license shall include transfer of the knowledge for scaling up the KNOWHOW in the form of a kit that can be deployed for COVID-19 testing on ground as early as end of May. A completely indigenous scientific invention, FELUDA for COVID-19 has been designed for mitigating the ongoing COVID-19 situation and cater to mass testing. Its main advantages are its affordability, relative ease of use and non-dependency on expensive Q-PCR machines. CSIR IGIB and TATA Sons will now work together to bring it for widespread use at the earliest.
Commenting on the agreement, Mr Banmali Agrawala, President - Infrastructure and Defence & Aerospace, Tata Sons said, “we are happy to enter into a partnership with Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology of CSIR  for further development and commercialisation of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats  based technology for COVID-19 detection. This innovative CRISPR ‘Feluda’ test uses cutting edge CRISPR technology for detection of genomic sequence of novel coronavirus. It uses a test protocol that is simple to administer and easy to interpret enabling results to be made available to the medical fraternity in relatively lesser time, as compared to other test protocols. We believe that CRISPR is futuristic technology that can also be configured for detection of multiple other pathogens in the future.
DG-CSIR, Dr Shekhar C Mande commented that “CSIR labs such as CSIR-IGIB have been working on deep science and developing cutting edge technology and I am happy to see that leading Industry TATA Group is partnering towards its deployment. The strong partnership with industry in tackling Covid-19 has been the hallmark of CSIRs strategy in mitigation of Covid1-9.
Dr Anurag Agrawal, Director-IGIB highlighted that the technology was conceived and developed at CSIR IGIB under sickle cell mission and utilizes an indigenously developed cutting edge CRISPR Cas9 technology to specifically recognize COVID-19 sequence in a sample. A combination of CRISPR biology and paper-strip chemistry leads to a visible signal readout on a paper strip that can be rapidly assessed for establishing the presence of viral infection in a sample.
Ministry of Power
PSUs under Government of India invest in Energy Storage Technologies along with Solar PV Projects
The Public sector undertakings of the Government have invested in commercial scale implementation of Battery Energy Storage Systems along with Solar PV Projects. The Government of India is also supporting some of the storage projects through grant support.
Solar Energy Corporation of India , a CPSE under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has undertaken the implementation of following three projects:
- 1.4 MW Solar PV Project with 1.4 MWh Battery Energy Storage System in Kavaratti Island, UT of Lakshadweep 
- 50 MWp SPV Project with 20 MW/50 MWh BESS at Phyang, Leh, UT of Ladakh 
- 100 MW SPV Project with 40 MW/120 MWh BESS at Rajnandgaon, State of Chhattisgarh.
Ministry of Power has notified Bidding Guidelines for Procurement and Utilization of Battery Energy Storage Systems as part of Generation, Transmission and Distribution assets, along with Ancillary Services on March 11, 2022. Energy Storage Projects at grid scale are currently under implementation stage.
This information was given by Shri R.K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Finance
Exchange Rates Notification No.63/2019 - Customs 
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 , and in supersession of the notification of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs No.60/2019-CUSTOMS , dated 14th August, 2019 except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies specified in column  of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa, shall, with effect from 6th September, 2019, be the rate mentioned against it in the corresponding entry in column  thereof, for the purpose of the said section, relating to imported and export goods.
SCHEDULE-I
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Foreign Currency
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Rate of exchange of one unit of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
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Australian Dollar
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50.25
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48.00
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Bahraini Dinar
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197.05
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184.85
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Canadian Dollar
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55.40
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53.45
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Chinese Yuan
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10.25
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9.95
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Danish Kroner
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10.85
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10.45
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EURO
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80.80
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77.85
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Hong Kong Dollar
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9.35
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9.00
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Kuwaiti Dinar
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244.45
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229.25
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New Zealand Dollar
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47.15
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44.95
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Norwegian Kroner
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8.10
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7.85
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Pound Sterling
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89.65
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86.50
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Qatari Riyal
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20.40
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19.15
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13.
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Saudi Arabian Riyal
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19.80
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18.60
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14.
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Singapore Dollar
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52.90
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51.10
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15.
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South African Rand
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5.05
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4.70
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16.
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Swedish Kroner
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7.50
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7.25
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17.
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Swiss Franc
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74.55
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71.70
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18.
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Turkish Lira
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13.10
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12.30
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19.
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UAE Dirham
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20.25
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18.95
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20.
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US Dollar
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72.80
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71.10
SCHEDULE-II
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Foreign Currency
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Rate of exchange of 100 units of foreign currency equivalent to Indian rupees
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Japanese Yen
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68.75
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66.15
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Korean Won
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6.20
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5.80
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
E20 PETROL
E20  petrol is a mixture of 20% anhydrous ethanol with 80% motor gasoline fuel volume by volume. Government is promoting biofuels with the broader objectives of reducing import dependency, generating employment, providing better remuneration to farmers, for associated environmental benefits, promoting better waste management practices, etc. Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies  started selling E20 petrol from 6th February 2023 and E20 fuel is currently sold at more than 1900 retail outlets across the country. The detailed report on the ‘Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India 2020-25’ provides guidance to achieve the target of 20% ethanol blending in India by 2025-26.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Archer Kapil tests positive for coronavirus, currently asymptomatic
Kapil who is part of the National Archery camp underway at Army Sports Institute, Pune has tested positive for the coronavirus. He is asymptomatic and being monitored by a medical team.
Kapil was on 18 days leave and was tested on arrival upon his rejoining the camp as per the standard SOP established by SAI. He was in quarantine and had not come into contact with any other campers.
Department of Space
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, ISRO is in the process of developing indigenous capabilities towards space tourism through the demonstration of human space flight capability to Low Earth Orbit 
Department of Space  is in the process of drafting a comprehensive, integrated Space Policy: Dr Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said, ISRO is in the process of developing indigenous capabilities towards space tourism through the demonstration of human space flight capability to Low Earth Orbit .
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre  also seeks to promote active participation of private sector in carrying out end-to-end space activities, which includes space tourism as well.
With regards to question on space diplomacy, the Minister said, Indian Space Research Organization  pursues international cooperation and relations with 61 countries in varied domains of space activities.
It may be recalled that the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre [IN-SPACe] has been created as a single window agency, under Department of Space, to promote, handhold and authorize the activities of private sector in space domain, including those by young entrepreneurs and students interested in the field of Space Science.
IN-SPACe will come up with mechanisms to enable sharing of technical facilities and expertise available across ISRO Centres with private entities.
In a related question, Dr Jitendra informed that Department of Space  is in the process of drafting a comprehensive, integrated Space Policy, which shall provide direction to the activities of private Indian space industry.
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Ministry of Finance
Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chairs review meeting with Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs 
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman chaired a review meeting with Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs , here today. The review meeting was attended by the Revenue Secretary; Chairman, CBIC and Members of CBIC.
The comprehensive review covered a variety of work areas including trade facilitation, tax payer services, grievance redressal of the trade; finalisation of disciplinary cases and infrastructure projects, and progress of the upcoming Palasamudram campus of the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics .
The Finance Minister emphasised the need for continuously improving tax payer services. With respect to grievance redressal, Smt. Sitharaman desired that in each Zone interaction be organised with members of trade and industry who are part of the GST ecosystem to know their issues and suggestions, so as to systematically identify matters for working out a redress for them. She also directed to put in place a system to take feedback on grievances redressed so as to improve quality of redressal.
In the course of review, the Finance Minister was briefed on the final revenue achievement in total Indirect Tax collections for 2022-23 which stood at Rs. 13.82 lakh crore [as against Rs. 12.89 Lakh Crore in 2021-22]. On the GST side, the average gross monthly collection for the year 2022-23 stood at Rs. 1.51 lakh crore and monthly GST revenue collections exceeded RS. 1.4 lakh crore for 12 months in a row.
The Finance Minister directed CBIC to introduce its automated GST return scrutiny by next week and to implement an action plan to increase the taxpayer base through enhanced use of technology. In order to intensify its drive against fake billing/Input Tax Credit , Smt. Sitharaman desired that CBIC may undertake a comprehensive root cause analysis by studying the typology of cases already booked and come up with recommendations on technology based solutions to address the menace and prevent its occurrence.
The Finance Minister also advised CBIC to take measures for employee welfare. Cadre restructuring, capacity building and training, timely promotions and effective and timely action in disciplinary matters were discussed.
The CBIC also briefed Smt. Sitharaman about the activities carried out under the Customs Cooperation Fund  which is used to support capacity building initiatives amongst the members of the World Customs Organisation .
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
The Farm Acts have been welcomed in States across the country- Narendra Singh Tomar
Bharatiya Kisan Union  from UP supports the Farm Acts
Government willing to continue dialogue with genuine Farm Unions
Members of the Bharatiya Kisan Union  from Uttar Pradesh met the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, at Krishi Bhavan today. The leaders of the Union welcomed the Farm Acts and said that the Acts will be beneficial for farmers. However, they submitted a memorandum to the Minister with suggestions regarding the Farm Acts and Minimum Support Price .
Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar thanked the Union leaders for coming out in support of the Farm Acts. The Minister said that the Farm Acts have been welcomed in various States across the country. He further added that the Government is willing to continue dialogue with genuine farm unions and is willing to find a solution with an open mind. He said that MSP is an administrative decision and will continue as it is.
TheBharatiya Kisan Union  leaders suggested that farmers be given the option of going to Civil Courts in case of a dispute. They alsosuggested that the Panchayat head should be accorded the same importance as the head of the mandi to safeguard the rights of the farmers in small towns and villages. In case of the Essential Commodities Act, they suggested thatit should prevent hoarding and black marketing.
The Union leaders also suggested that electricity rates for irrigation should be reduced and electricity should be available for longer hours in the State of Uttar Pradesh. They also proposed thatstandards for crops should be decided at the procurement centres so that farmers do not face any problem in selling the produce.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Industrialists in the region say that the economic package under “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan” will meet the immediate and long term needs
Chandigarh, May 16, 2020
The economic package declared under the first tranche of “Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan” will meet the immediate and long term needs of the industry, say the industrialists in the region.
Dr Satinder Pal Singh Grewal, Chairman, CII Chandigarh said quantum jump in the definition of MSMEs will have long-term implications for the sector and credit without collateral requirement is a welcome move. To provide relief to the business, additional working capital finance of 20% of the outstanding credit as on 29 February 2020, in the form of a Term Loan at a concessional rate of interest will be provided. This will be available to units with upto Rs 25 crore outstanding and turnover of up to Rs 100 crore whose accounts are standard. The units will not have to provide any guarantee or collateral of their own. The amount will be 100% guaranteed by the Government of India providing a total liquidity of Rs. 3.0 lakh crores to more than 45 lakh MSMEs. Commenting on no Global tenders for Government tenders of upto Rs 200 crore, Mr. Grewal said it is an important step towards self-reliance which will make the local MSMEs competitive. Further he said, provisions related to real estate sector and tax-related measures under the package will infuse confidence among the entrepreneurs leading to ease of doing business. Naveen Manglani, President, Chamber of Chandigarh industries, said that the industry had been going through a very difficult time for the last one and half months and the package would make available liquidity by way of loans in the hands of the industrialists.

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Industrialists in District Jind of Haryana said the major concessions announced for the MSMEs would help revive the industry which has been severely affected by the lockdowns due to COVID-19. An industrialist said Rs 90,000 crore provided to DISCOMS will bring benefit to the industries. Under the economic package announced on Wednesday, Power Finance Corporation and Rural Electrification Corporation will infuse liquidity in the DISCOMS to the extent of Rs 90,000 crores in two equal instalments. This amount will be used by DISCOMS to pay their dues to transmission and generation companies. Another industrialist showed optimism about the package for the small industries.


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Mr. Bedi, manufacturer of sports trophies in Jalandhar, Punjab, said the economic package announced by the Finance Minister will act as a lifeline for MSME sector. This will not only ensure viability of the sector but will also promote “Make in India”.

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The Government of India has been announcing series of economic stimulus packages since Wednesday under “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan” with focus on economy, infrastructure, system, vibrant demography and demand.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
Waqf Properties
This Ministry is implementing two schemes namely i) Qaumi Waqf Board Taraqqiati Scheme  and ii) Shahari Waqf Sampatti Vikas Yojana  through Central Waqf Council . Under QWBTS, financial assistance is provided to SWBs for deployment of manpower viz. Assistant Programmer, GIS-Digitization supervisor, Mutation Assistants, Mutawalli Change Support Assistant, Mutawalli Return Support Assistant, Leasing Support Assistant, Litigation Tracking Support Assistant, Zonal Waqf Officers, Survey Assistant and Data Entry Operator, setting up of Video Conferencing Facility, maintenance of Centralized Computing Facility  & Enterprise Resource Planning  Solution for better administration of SWBs. A dedicated online portal called WAMSI  has also developed by this Ministry for management/tracking of litigation pertaining to Waqfs, computerization & digitization of records of Waqf properties, Geographic Information System  Mapping of Waqf properties to prevent encroachment. So far records of 7,94,875  immovable Waqf properties have been entered in WAMSI Registration Module and GIS Mapping of 2,44,006  Waqf properties have been done. For the first time 3,32,344  records of Waqf estates have been digitized. Under SWSVY, interest free loan is provided to Waqf Institutions/Waqf Boards for taking up economically viable projects on the urban Waqf land such as commercial complexes, marriage halls, hospitals, cold storages etc.
Central Waqf Council a Statutory Body under this Ministry, proposes to set up Common Service Centers  in selected SWBs. The CSCs will be run through Project Implementing Agencies . Maximum Assistance amounting to Rs.10.00 lakh per year may be provided to each PIA. The aim of CSCs is to provide benefit to Muslim children including girls who belong to poor and underprivileged sections by providing online facilities in the process of admission viz. submission of application, uploading of documents etc.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.